This article is about the Malay politician. For Gaafar Muhammad al-Nimeiry, see Jaafar Muhammad (disambiguation).
In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Muhammad is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Jaafar. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Dato'Jaafar bin Haji Muhammad (Jawi: جعفر بن محمد, b. 1838 – d. 3 July 1919) D.K., S.P.M.J., C.M.G.[1] was the first and longest serving Dato' Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of the independent kingdom of Johor (today a state in the Malaysian Federation), an office he held from 1886 until his death.
He began serving with the Johor state government at the age of 16, working as a trainee clerk in the Office of the Minister Raja Temenggong Daeng Ibrahim. In 1856 he was appointed clerk in the Office of the Minister, and then he served as deputy for the Chief Minister until 1882. He was Sultan Abu Bakar's escort in the latter's first trip to Europe in 1866. He took office when Temenggong Abu Bakar made himself Sultan and created a bureaucratic administration for Johor in 1885. During his term as Chief Minister, Jaafar was tasked to carry out state administration for the time he went overseas. His residence for most of the latter part of his life was Istana Bukit Senyum which was built in 1883 and a high school behind the palace, Sekolah Dato' Jaafar is named after him. In 1904 he was appointed by Sultan Ibrahim, Abu Bakar's son and successor as regent.[2]
Personal lifeedit
Jaafar was married five times with five wives,[3] Esah bte Ibrahim, Emon bte Abu Talib, Datin Selamah Ambak and Rogayah Hanim.[4] Three of his sons were also Menteri Besar after him, including the father of modern Malay nationalism, Dato' Onn Jaafar.
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